Amegu Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Amegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 511 | 1:346,659 | 18,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Amegu (42) may also be a first name.
Amegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amegu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Amegu.
How Common Is The Last Name Amegu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amegu is the 585,898th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name Amegu is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Amegu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 42 people.
The surname Amegu is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 346,659. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 91 percent reside, Delta, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaegu | 91 | 18 | / |
| Ameagu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Amegou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Amegoud | 83 | 9 | / |
| Amegouz | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gamegou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amogu | 80 | 1,945 | / |
| Amagu | 80 | 1,577 | / |
| Emegu | 80 | 434 | / |
| Omegu | 80 | 186 | / |
| Amigu | 80 | 27 | / |
| Amigud | 73 | 68 | / |
| Omeagu | 73 | 59 | / |
| Amigou | 73 | 57 | / |
| Amigus | 73 | 51 | / |
| Emeghu | 73 | 23 | / |
| Aimagu | 73 | 19 | / |
| Emegou | 73 | 18 | / |
| Hamigu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Amigau | 73 | 11 | / |
| Amigut | 73 | 7 | / |
| Emeagu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aumigu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omaegu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omoegu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aymogu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omeguh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omegus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaingu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Amigoud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amaggou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amajgou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamigou | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amegu
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